Publishing Column

Providing practical methods for giving young people an understanding of cultural diversity is the purpose behind Teaching Tolerance, a magazine that debuted last month.

The twice-yearly journal is part of an educational initiative
sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil-rights
foundation. The center also has produced a film-and-text curriculum
package on the history of the civil-rights movement, available free to
educators.

The magazine's creators stress that it is not intended to be a forum
for political debate, but a source of encouragement for teachers who
want to build "communities of understanding in the classroom."

The Spring 1992 issue, which was sent free to 150,000 public and
private K-12 teachers and administrators, includes, in addition to
feature articles, examples of successful curricular programs and
profiles of educators promoting this theme. Editorials, resource
guides, video reviews, and teacher idea exchanges are also regular
features.

A reading list of approximately 200 children's books recommended for
their high quality has been developed by the American Library
Association.

The list was produced for students in Partners in Excellence, a
national reading-promotion program sponsored by World Book Educational
Products, which challenges students to read a minimum of seven books in
seven weeks. The effort also includes a matching-donation program for
the distribution of free classroom and library reference materials.

Organized by reading level, grades K-9, the list includes both
fiction and nonfiction titles in genres such as poetry, biography, and
adventure. It is available free by calling World Book, (800)
621-8202.

Groups or individuals interested in forming business-education
collaborations may find InfoMedia Inc.'s new monograph series, Profiles
in Action, of interest. It documents the actual experiences of such
partnerships in a number of important areas.

The first of these, "Students At Risk," offers detailed accounts of
four at-risk programs, ranging from a grassroots community
collaboration to a corporate initiative.

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